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===Phimosis diagnosis issues=== | |||
Fewer boys were being circumcised so there were more [[foreskinned]] boys. The general practitioners (GPs) in the UK seemed to be unable to distinguish between true phimosis and developmentally non-retractile healthy foreskin and were referring numerous boys for unnecessary circumcision. | |||
Rickwood et al. (1980) had provided guidance on diagnosis of phimosis. According to Rickwood et al. true phimosis occurs when the [[foreskin]] has been attacked by balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO) (also known as lichen sclerosis). If BXO is not present then true phimosis does not exist.<ref name="rickwood1980">{{REFjournal | |||
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|title=Phimosis in boys | |||
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|journal=Brit J Urol | |||
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|date=1980-04 | |||
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/rickwood/ | |||
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|DOI=10.1111/j.1464-410x.1980.tb02945.x | |||
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